Soul Train
Johnny Bristol / Donald Byrd & The Blackbyrds
TV Flash files “Johnny Bristol / Donald Byrd & The Blackbyrds” as hour 147 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 5, episode 2, aired 1975-08-30, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E02: listed hour 147 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 2 of 39 in season 5. It aired 1975-08-30 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Supremes/ Willie Hutch” (S05E01). Next is “Joe Simon/ Millie Jackson/ Choice Four” (S05E03). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Johnny Bristol - "Love Takes Tears" & "Leave My World." The Blackbyrds - "Flying High." Donald Byrd and The Blackbyrds -"Walkin' in Rhythm," "Stepping into Tomorrow" and "Rock and Roll Again."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Johnny Bristol / Donald Byrd & The Blackbyrds sit in the Soul Train guide?
S05E02 is listed hour 147 of 1134 — hour 2 of 39 in season 5, season 5 episode 2.
When did Soul Train S05E02 air?
Johnny Bristol / Donald Byrd & The Blackbyrds aired 1975-08-30 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I watch from 1971 in order?
No. It is a music-and-dance series, not a plot. Sample eras for the guests and the Line; Cornelius's classic hosting years are the brand center.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Don Cornelius promises the hippest trip in America and delivers the national dance party corporate TV had under-served: guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous. Syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as the rope.
Chicago, 1971: Don Cornelius promises a hip trip across America and delivers the most important dance party in television history, then keeps delivering it until 2006. Soul Train began locally, went to national syndication, and ran thirty-five seasons, more than a thousand hours, putting Black music, fashion, and the Soul Train Line into living rooms corporate television had long under-served. Artists performed. Dancers — including scrambleboard kids who became famous — moved the culture forward. Cornelius…
Filed against
- Don Cornelius as Host
Don Cornelius promised the hippest trip in America on Soul Train — guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous, syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as a…